Licensed to Kill

1h 20m
Documentary
3.4

A riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Attacked in 1977 by gay bashers on the streets of San Francisco, filmmaker Arthur Dong confronts murderers of gay men face-to-face in his film. He asks them directly: “Why did you do it?”

Cast

Donald Aldrich
Self - Killer
Corey Burley
Self - Killer
Raymond Childs
Self - Killer
William Cross
Self - Killer
Arthur Dong
Self (voice)
Kenneth French
Self - Killer
Jay Johnson
Self - Killer
Jeffrey Swinford
Self - Killer
Jason Waller
Self - Killer

Crew

Arthur Dong
Director, Writer, Editor
Robert Shepard
Director of Photography
Miriam Cutler
Original Music Composer
Allan Bérubé
Story Consultant

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